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The Underground River of the Caves of San Jose is a beautiful natural cave.Visit the longest navigable underground river in Europe will allow you to enter into the depths of the earth a peaceful boat plying waters, admire the fanciful shapes of the rocks that the action of water has shaped over thousands of years backward and forward in time at breakneck speed to imagine the growth of stalactites and stalagmites, hear the silence, feel the murmur of water, the echo produced by a drop of water on an underground lagoon, discovering a beautiful landscape that nature has kept secret since the mists of time today.

About Coves de Sant Josep

The Underground River of the Caves of San Jose is a beautiful natural cave.Visit the longest navigable underground river in Europe will allow you to enter into the depths of the earth a peaceful boat plying waters, admire the fanciful shapes of the rocks that the action of water has shaped over thousands of years backward and forward in time at breakneck speed to imagine the growth of stalactites and stalagmites, hear the silence, feel the murmur of water, the echo produced by a drop of water on an underground lagoon, discovering a beautiful landscape that nature has kept secret since the mists of time today.

We went there during week time and early in the morning and we did not have to cue. I think they are doing a tour every hour. There is free parking and easy access to the location. There are bars, restaurants and gift shops.
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San Jose cave is one of the most beautiful place that you visit once in your lifetime. It is so beautiful and very different than other caves that I saw before . The boat ride was great and the view is awesome. Only one bad...More

We enjoyed the boat ride through the caves, you must try to not the boat and be careful getting on and off. Our tour guide gave us even more information than the actual tour guide from the Coves. Very cool seeing all the stagnated rocks...More

The tour takes anywhere from 40 to 50 minutes, part of the visit being done by boat and part by foot, through a dry gallery. The temperature is always constant, around 20 degrees, though due to fluctuations of the space, humidity, depth of water, can...More

Most wonderful cave I've ever visited. A must do!!!
The cave can only be visited by a boat trip with a guide, rowing an underground river. The river is more than three kilometers long and can be traveled 800 meters by boat and 250 by...More

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CSJP2016, Director General at Coves de Sant Josep, responded to this reviewResponded 11 August 2017

The stunning caves at Sant Josep represent as the longest navigatable under gound river in Europe with depths of upto 8 meters in sections.
A tour (approx 45 mins) is available partly by a non-powered boat where your guide (with limited English) will take you...More

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CSJP2016, Director General at Coves de Sant Josep, responded to this reviewResponded 5 June 2017

Very interesting cave complex. We didn't pre- book our tickets but as it was quiet, tickets were readily available. It may be worth booking tickets on line at busy times as there are only so many tickets available every hour.
The trip takes approx 45...More

What can be better than when you cruise on a big ship as Independence, and we stop different places and are lucky to come to this Grutas de San Jose. Well worth the trip with a little boat inside on the Cave lake.

Had a trip here from Valencia, and luckily got tickets with 5 minutes to spare otherwise would have had to wait another hour. Caves were amazing, had to duck a few times in the boat to avoid hitting my head. Only downside was that the...More

Very interesting place with great views inside the caves. The trip is in the boat on a cave river. Tourist audio guides with lots of languages. Of course much more interesting to listen to the boatman, but only if you understand Spanish.

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The caves have free parking, but a 10€ fee for the visit. There is a small discount for pensioners ( bring proof ) and children.
The audio guide ( if you don't speak Spanish - worth it for the cost ) is 1€ with a... More

Hi
The caves have free parking, but a 10€ fee for the visit. There is a small discount for pensioners ( bring proof ) and children.
The audio guide ( if you don't speak Spanish - worth it for the cost ) is 1€ with a deposit of something of value - they asked me for my passport - but ended up leaving a 2€ coin that they refunded on return